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  • Swinging time for disabled

    THE Disabled Golf Society will be holding an event at Cumberwell Park Golf Club in Bradford on Avon on Monday and would like to hear from any local players who want to take part. This is the second time the society has held the event and it is expecting

  • Jamie’s Farm opens its gates to the public

    Box charity Jamie’s Farm held an open day on Saturday to allow the public to learn more about the work it does supporting vulnerable children. Around 250 people visited Hill House Farm, in Ditteridge, which offers children aged between eight and 18 a

  • Family fights to get cat returned

    A cat-lover in Melksham is battling to get back a pet that was rehomed without his knowledge. Richard Smith says after his son’s Oriental spotted tabby went missing last month, Bath Veterinary Group rehomed it. Now, the new owner is refusing

  • Hot leads in drive to help apprentices

    The pressure is on Wiltshire Enterprise to match 100 candidates with apprenticeships as its 100 in 100 campaign nears its end. Wiltshire Enterprise, the business division of Wilt-shire College, is running the campaign to introduce 100 apprentices into

  • Winning bride gets her gown

    WITH her big day getting ever closer, Lisa Richardson, the winning bride-to-be in the Wiltshire Times Win Your Wedding competition, has picked out her dream dress. With parents Mary and Nigel, she went to the Clothes Horse in Milsom Street, Bath, to

  • LONDON CALLING: Dwain’s return no pain for our Danny

    TROWBRIDGE Tornado Danny Talbot insists that he has no problems with the controversial sprint stars who look set to be added to his list of competitors for places at London 2012. Eighteen-year-old Delano Williams, from the Turks and Caicos

  • Hostile reaction to bypass revival

    WESTBURY councillors seeking to resurrect an A350 bypass plan faced a largely hostile audience at an area board meeting. Concerns were expressed over both the western and eastern alternative routes and about the potential cost, as the last attempt at

  • Torch relay comes home

    Two Trowbridge women who will have to leave the county to carry the Olympic torch are planning their own mini-relay in town. Trowbridge teacher Rachel Bown and 91-year-old Doris Whiting both have to travel to Somerset on the morning of May 22 to carry

  • Caring for elderly ‘at breaking point’

    A director of a Trow-bridge care company which helps elderly people continue living in their own homes has warned the Government that the care industry is “at breaking point”. Liz Kirkham, the managing director of Candlelight Homecare Services

  • Board grants boost events

    NEARLY £7,000 was awarded to parishes around Westbury for Diamond Jubilee celebrations at an area board meeting on Thursday last week. The board granted £3,000 for the Westbury tent at the Salisbury Jubilee celebration on May 1, which will be attended

  • BOXING: Black swan

    TROWBRIDGE champion Nick Blackwell has unveiled his secret weapon as he bids to become a world champion next month – ballet classes. It was announced this week that the 21-year-old, nicknamed ‘Bang Bang’, will bring top-class boxing to his

  • Flame plan for double merriment

    ST CYRIAC’S Church in Lacock will stage a fortnight of events to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and London’s Olympic Games. The celebration runs from Saturday, May 12, to Sunday, May 27, and is designed to involve all age groups and community groups

  • Dents leather designs for Diamond celebration

    Warminster fashion firm Dents is getting into the Diamond Jubilee spirit with a new line of Britain and royalty inspired gloves and accessories. The company has close connections with royalty, having created Diamond Jubilee gloves for Queen

  • Running up 30 years at St George’s 10k in Corsham

    RUNNERS of all ages took to the streets of Corsham for the town’s annual St George’s 10k event, raising about £5,000 for charity on Sunday. The 10k event, running for the 30th year and jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Corsham and Corsham

  • LONDON CALLING: Speedy McKeever is keeping his Ed

    OLYMPICS-BOUND Ed McKeever is refusing to read too much into his first competitive outing of the year, despite laying down an impressive marker with this summer’s Games in mind. As reported in last week’s Wiltshire Times, the Bradford on Avon paddler